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The Effect Of Feedback Frequency On Performance In Applied Behavior Analysis: A Field Study., Jagdeep Singh Chhokar Jan 1983

The Effect Of Feedback Frequency On Performance In Applied Behavior Analysis: A Field Study., Jagdeep Singh Chhokar

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Occupational safety continues to be a major social concern in spite of the attention which it has received over the years. While unsafe acts and behaviors have been major contributors to accidents, the attention paid to increasing safety by changing human behavior has only been sporadic. This study used an applied behavior analysis package of training, goal setting, and feedback as a behavioral approach to improving safety in an industrial setting. In addition, the effects of changing the frequency of feedback on safe behavior performance were investigated. All the employees in a plant engaged in the manufacture and repair of …

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Geodetic Graphs And Convexity., Michael Franklyn Bridgland Jan 1983

Geodetic Graphs And Convexity., Michael Franklyn Bridgland

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A graph is geodetic if each two vertices are joined by a unique shortest path. The problem of characterizing such graphs was posed by Ore in 1962; although the geodetic graphs of diameter two have been described and classified by Stemple and Kantor, little is known of the structure of geodetic graphs in general. In this work, geodetic graphs are studied in the context of convexity in graphs: for a suitable family (PI) of paths in a graph G, an induced subgraph H of G is defined to be (PI)-convex if the vertex-set of H includes all vertices of G …

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A History Of Louisiana's Rural Electric Cooperatives, 1937-1983., Gary Alan Donaldson Jan 1983

A History Of Louisiana's Rural Electric Cooperatives, 1937-1983., Gary Alan Donaldson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Rural Electrification Administration was created by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. There were attempts at rural electrification prior to that date, but FDR's program, as part of the New Deal, was the beginning of the modern system. The REA was put into operation by Morris L. Cooke, and expanded by John Carmody and Harry Slattery through 1944. The Fifties ushered in a conservative presidential administration that opposed organizations such as co-ops, and, consequently, funds were cut. But on the local level, co-ops continued to grow. The Sixties brought with it financial cooperation from Washington, and many co-ops around the …

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Behavior Of Euphorbia Heterophylla Seed Bank., Vernon B. Langston Jan 1983

Behavior Of Euphorbia Heterophylla Seed Bank., Vernon B. Langston

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Short term burial of freshly harvested seed and soil disturbances in agricultural populations of wild poinsettia (Euphorbia heterophylla L.) indicated a very low carry over of seeds into the second season after dissemination. After seeds were buried at 10, 50, 100, and 200 mm in the fall; 4%, 81%, 30% and 1%, respectively, produced seedlings during the following growing season, and only 3%, 1%, < 1%, and 3% of the seeds, respectively, were viable after one year. Soil disturbances (tillage) did not affect seedling recruitment or longevity of wild poinsettia seed. Early planting dates (May 1) of soybeans required 6 weeks of weed-free maintenance to prevent serious reinfestation and subsequent yield reductions in fields with a high agronomic seed bank of wild poinsettia, whereas for late planting dates (June 10) 3 weeks of weed-free maintenance was required. No significant difference in yield was detected between one or two cultivations for either planting date.

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Chamber Music For Solo Voice And Instruments: 1960-1980., Kenneth Sheldon Klaus Jan 1983

Chamber Music For Solo Voice And Instruments: 1960-1980., Kenneth Sheldon Klaus

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Throughout the course of musical history, a multitude of works for solo voice with instrumental accompaniment has been written. Works with only keyboard accompaniment dominate the literature. Works with other than keyboard accompaniment, but not full orchestral accompaniment, occupy a much smaller but still important place in the literature. There is a relative lack of chamber music for solo voice and instruments particularly from the Classical and Romantic periods. However, composing for the human voice has caught the attention of many twentieth-century composers. The contemporary composer, in his search for new textures and timbres, has increasingly written for the voice …

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A Study Of Several Macrocyclic Beta-Ketoamines And Their Metal Chelates., Charles Louis Modenbach Iii Jan 1983

A Study Of Several Macrocyclic Beta-Ketoamines And Their Metal Chelates., Charles Louis Modenbach Iii

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Two new series of macrocyclic (beta)-ketoamines and several of their metal chelates have been prepared and characterized by infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and elemental analysis. The two series of (beta)-ketoamines are of type: and. where n = 3,6,7, and 10. They were prepared by reaction of macrocyclic (beta)-diketones with ammonia or ethylenediamine. These compounds were found to exist predominantly in the ketoamine form. A survey was conducted to determine the metal chelation behavior of the macrocyclic (beta)-ketoamines and a few (beta)-ketoamines derived from acetylacetone. The metals and oxocations used in this study were Be(II), Mg(II), Al(III), …

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A Taxonomy For Industrial Salesforce Job Activities., William C. Moncrief Iii Jan 1983

A Taxonomy For Industrial Salesforce Job Activities., William C. Moncrief Iii

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A taxonomy developed of specific selling activities of industrial salespeople was developed to differentiate "types" of salespeople. The taxonomy was developed based on the responses of 1393 salespeople from 51 companies to a survey of the frequency with which they performed activities, and the time spent to perform each activity. The first stage of the research was the compilation of an exhaustive list of sales activities. These activities were collected from a series of focus groups and personal interviews. The questionnaire was formulated based on the 121 sales activities collected from the focus groups. Two scales were designed and implemented …

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (Mmpi) Response Patterns Among Prisoners Under Varied Instructional Sets., Rafael Francisco Salcedo Jan 1983

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (Mmpi) Response Patterns Among Prisoners Under Varied Instructional Sets., Rafael Francisco Salcedo

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of various instructional sets on the MMPI performance of prisoners. Specifically, an attempt was made to examine whether any significant biases existed in the scales and ratios used to measure the prisoner's attitudinal set concerning the MMPI. Ninety-six subjects were selected from the U.S. Camp and Penitentiary in Lompoc, California. The subjects were randomly assigned to three groups of 32 subjects each. One group was requested to take the MMPI under instructions to malinger psychopathology. Another group was instructed to take the MMPI under instructions to deny or conceal any …

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Strangers In The Land: The Southern Clergy And The Economic Mind Of The Old South., Kenneth Moore Startup Jan 1983

Strangers In The Land: The Southern Clergy And The Economic Mind Of The Old South., Kenneth Moore Startup

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The antebellum southern clergy has often been characterized as narrow-minded and reactionary with little or no social vision and with little or no commitment to social reformation. My study, which is based upon an expansive survey of the sermons and religious writings of protestant slave state ministers, reveals instead an insightful, critical, and outspoken clergy determined to change southern society; principally to turn southerners from materialism and greed to spirituality and altruism. In their attempt to reform southern society, they condemned explicitly what they considered the ostentation, arrogance, and selfishness of the upper classes and called for a more equitable …

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Platonic Economic Theory: The Economics Of Moderation., Kenneth Neal Townsend Jan 1983

Platonic Economic Theory: The Economics Of Moderation., Kenneth Neal Townsend

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation analyzes the contributions to the economic analysis of welfare made by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. Heretofore unexamined, these contributions demonstrate the importance of the development of notions of sufficiency and moderation as integral parts of welfare analysis. This dissertation also examines the significance of Plato's method of inquiry into matters of social science for contemporary economic analysis. In particular, the importance of metamathematical induction for the acquisition of knowledge of the values upon which welfare depend is analyzed in the form that it is employed in Plato's dialogues. This analysis is conducted to the end that economists …

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A History Of The Louisiana State University School Of Music (1955-1979). (Volumes I And Ii)., Brenda Gale Williams Jan 1983

A History Of The Louisiana State University School Of Music (1955-1979). (Volumes I And Ii)., Brenda Gale Williams

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This report provides an organized and accurate chronology of the history of the LSU School of Music from 1955 to 1979, encompassing the tenure of Dr. Everett L. Timm, as administrator of the School of Music. Areas examined included faculty, curricula, enrollment, degrees awarded, facilities, budget, expenditures, performing groups, performances, and special events. The historical method of research was employed using a two-fold procedure: (1) interviews with present and former students, faculty, and deans; and (2) examinations of University and School of Music records and publications, and reports from local, state, and national publications. An investigation of assembled data indicated …

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The Justices Of The Peace Of Surrey In National And County Politics, 1483-1570. (Volumes I And Ii)., William Baxter Robison Iii Jan 1983

The Justices Of The Peace Of Surrey In National And County Politics, 1483-1570. (Volumes I And Ii)., William Baxter Robison Iii

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Surrey provides an excellent case study of the role of justices of the peace in national and county politics in England during the years 1473-1570. Ample documentation exists in the central government records and a rich local collection, the Loseley MSS., and the availability of similar studies for the bordering counties of Hampshire, Kent, and Sussex allows fruitful comparisons. Moreover, though the shire was pulled in many directions by overlapping political and ecclesiastical jurisdictions (e.g., shrievalty, lieutenancy, diocese) and by various regional affinities, there was in Surrey a distinct political county community, the integrity of which all of the Tudors …

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An Empirical Investigation Of The Extent Of Disclosure In Municipal Annual Reports., Franklin James Plewa Jr Jan 1983

An Empirical Investigation Of The Extent Of Disclosure In Municipal Annual Reports., Franklin James Plewa Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study is to critically examine the current state of the adequacy of reporting and extent of disclosure practices in the published annual reports of a sample of U.S. cities. The term "extent of disclosure" denotes the extent to which selected items of information are presented in municipal annual reports. To facilitate the annual report examination, a questionnaire (consisting of ninety information items) was constructed and mailed to a random sample of 996 security dealers. The responses to the questionnaire resulted in a mean score for each item that was used to recognize differences in information importance. …

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Urinary Sodium Excretion And Blood Pressure In Children: Absence Of A Reproducible Association, Richard Cooper, Kiang Liu, Maurizio Trevisan, William Miller, Jeremiah Stamler Jan 1983

Urinary Sodium Excretion And Blood Pressure In Children: Absence Of A Reproducible Association, Richard Cooper, Kiang Liu, Maurizio Trevisan, William Miller, Jeremiah Stamler

Faculty Publications

A previous report by our group described a cross-sectional association between urinary sodium excretion and blood pressure (BP) in children. Attempts were made to reproduce these findings in two subsequent studies carried out with an identical protocol. Although descriptive results were similar and the correlations between measures of body size and blood pressure were reproduced, a clear-cut association between 7-day mean urinary sodium excretion and BP was observed only in the first of the three studies. These results could imply inadequate study methods, an inconsistent and weak relationship, or the absence of a relationship altogether. © 1983 American Heart Association, …

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Is The Period Of Rapidly Declining Adult Mortality In The United States Coming To And End?, R. Cooper, R. Cohen, A. Amiry Jan 1983

Is The Period Of Rapidly Declining Adult Mortality In The United States Coming To And End?, R. Cooper, R. Cohen, A. Amiry

Faculty Publications

Age-standardized death rates from all causes for persons age 35-74 fell 23 per cent, 1968-1979. The monotonic decline was interrupted by only one period of excess influenza mortality. In the late 1970s, however, the decline in mortality decelerated and no further decrease was observed, 1979-1981. The recurrence of epidemic influenza contributed significantly to this trend although it would appear that the underlying mortality pattern has begun to change.

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Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Winter 1983-1984, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station Jan 1983

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Winter 1983-1984, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

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Influence Of Soil Reaction And Manganese Applications On Yields And Chemical Composition Of Soybean Plants, J E. Sedberry Jan 1983

Influence Of Soil Reaction And Manganese Applications On Yields And Chemical Composition Of Soybean Plants, J E. Sedberry

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

No abstract provided.

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Pasture Management Systems For Cow-Calf Production At Two Locations In Northeast Louisiana, Danny F. Coombs Jan 1983

Pasture Management Systems For Cow-Calf Production At Two Locations In Northeast Louisiana, Danny F. Coombs

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

No abstract provided.

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Cotton-Soybean Rotation For Reniform Nematode Control, C Williams Jan 1983

Cotton-Soybean Rotation For Reniform Nematode Control, C Williams

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

No abstract provided.

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Effects Of Storage Method On Losses And Quality Changes In Round Bales Of Ryegrass And Alfalfa Hay, Billy D. Nelson Jan 1983

Effects Of Storage Method On Losses And Quality Changes In Round Bales Of Ryegrass And Alfalfa Hay, Billy D. Nelson

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

No abstract provided.

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Nutrition Of Navel Oranges In Southern Louisiana, L G. Jones Jan 1983

Nutrition Of Navel Oranges In Southern Louisiana, L G. Jones

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

No abstract provided.

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Response Of Soybeans To Planting Date In Southwest Louisiana, J L. Griffen Jan 1983

Response Of Soybeans To Planting Date In Southwest Louisiana, J L. Griffen

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

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Theoretical Settling Time For Suspended Sediment In Flooded Rice Fields, R J. Edling Jan 1983

Theoretical Settling Time For Suspended Sediment In Flooded Rice Fields, R J. Edling

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

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Evaluation Of Pensacola Bahiagrass And Alicia Bermudagrass With And Without Interplanted Ryegrass And Red Clover, Charles R. Montgomery Jan 1983

Evaluation Of Pensacola Bahiagrass And Alicia Bermudagrass With And Without Interplanted Ryegrass And Red Clover, Charles R. Montgomery

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

No abstract provided.

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Soybean Inoculation In Louisiana, Edward P. Dunigan Jan 1983

Soybean Inoculation In Louisiana, Edward P. Dunigan

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

No abstract provided.

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Performance Of Wheat Varieties In North Louisiana, 1980-82, H P. Viator Jan 1983

Performance Of Wheat Varieties In North Louisiana, 1980-82, H P. Viator

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

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The Courtyard And Patio Gardens Of The Vieux Carre (1861-1982), Stephen Burdick Hand Dec 1982

The Courtyard And Patio Gardens Of The Vieux Carre (1861-1982), Stephen Burdick Hand

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The evolutionary process of the gardens of New Orleans' Vieux Carre from 1861 to 1982 has been influenced by cultural, economic, governmental and social forces within and without the Vieux Carre. Their interworkings combined to shape and style these gardens. No single force or era is seen as clearly dominant in this perceived pattern of evolution. Rather, in this study these gardens are viewed as reflections of various times and, more specifically, the culture, economics, politics and social aspirations of such times. The tracing of the history of these gardens reveals that during the past 122 years they have continually …

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Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Fall 1982, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station Oct 1982

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Fall 1982, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

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Lumières, Fall 1982, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College Oct 1982

Lumières, Fall 1982, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

Friends of the LSU Libraries

The bi-annual newsletters from the Friends of the Library contain information about upcoming and recent events, descriptions of new collections, a list of members, and occasional obituaries, which inform members of the news and needs of the LSU Libraries.

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River Otter Abundance, Distribution, And Habitat Use In Louisiana, Thomas Lee Edwards Sep 1982

River Otter Abundance, Distribution, And Habitat Use In Louisiana, Thomas Lee Edwards

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

River otter abundance, distribution and habitat use were determined in Louisiana, with emphasis placed on the parishes north of the coastal marshes. Records from 1913 to 1980 indicated that otter harvest and pelt price increased over the years. Data from a trapper survey for the 1980-81 season were used to estimate otter harvest for each parish, and the data were compared in a step-wise regression procedure with independent variables thought to affect otter abundance. Of the factors I considered, those most responsible for variation in trapper harvest among parishes were the area composed of non-forested wetlands, area composed of forested …

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